In our last preview, we bemoaned the fact that we had been getting more questions than answers from Lost lately. That didn’t exactly change with last week’s episode, “The Other Woman.” We did knock four questions off our list while only adding two going, but that was the result of us being very judicious about what we added. Or us just being lazy. Whatever. We did get one bombshell — that we all sort of suspecting was coming anyway — when Charles Widmore’s involvement with the freighter team was revealed. We’re hoping for a few more developments this week, but the previews don’t reveal much. That either means there’s nothing to reveal or that the episode is so packed full of answers that only the most benign scenes could be revealed in the trailers. We’ll leave it up to you to decide which is more likely.
Here are the unanswered questions — all 31 of them — heading into this week’s episode, “Ji Yeon”:
What happened to Annie?
Was that really Harper talking to Juliet, and if so, how is she communicating with Ben?
What’s in that Black Rock journal, and why does Charles Widmore want it so badly?
Why will Daniel need Desmond to be his “constant”?
With Minkowski gone, who’s in control on the freighter?
Are Desmond and Sayid’s “friend on the boat” and Ben’s “man on the boat” one in the same?
Why is Kate raising Aaron off the island?
According to the Oceanic 6’s story, who is Aaron’s “father”?
Why doesn’t Jack want to see Aaron off the island?
Why does Miles ask Ben for $3.2 million in exchange for telling everyone that Ben is dead?
What time is it?
Why is Sayid working for Ben?
Who is RG and why are his/her initials engraved on Naomi’s bracelet?
Who was Mr. Avellino?
Who are the people on Ben’s list, and why?
Why can’t Locke find Jacob’s cabin?
Who is Matthew Abaddon?
Why does Abaddon want Ben captured?
In her flashback, Charlotte finds the Hydra symbol and the remains of a polar bear wearing a collar in Tunisia. Um, what’s up with that?
Why did Seth Norris pilot Oceanic 815 instead of Frank?
(This one comes courtesy of Abaddon) “Are they still alive?” (Oh yeah, and who are “they”?)
Who is Ben’s man on the freighter?
How did the fake Oceanic 815 wreckage end up at the bottom of the ocean?
Who are the members of the Oceanic 6? (Confirmed members: Jack, Kate, Hurley, Sayid … and Aaron?)
What has the Oceanic 6 been lying about?
Once off the island, why does Jack need to go back?
When Kate meets Jack at the airport and tells him, “He’s going to be wondering where I am,” who is “he”?
Who was in the coffin during Jack’s flash-forward?
Who is Jacob?
Is Christian Shephard really dead or not? And was that him in Jacob’s cabin?
Is Mikhail (”Patchy”) finally dead for real?
Check back Friday morning for a review of this week’s episode.